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Federal occupational series 0525

Accounting Technician

There are 18 open federal jobs in occupational series 0525 (Accounting Technician) as of October 5, 2026; the median advertised salary is $58,030.

The government made 255 hires in this series over the last twelve months against 18 postings live here today — roughly 14 hires for every advertised role. Most of this hiring never reaches a job board.

255
Hires, 12 months
GS-5
Most common hiring grade
$54,370
Median pay at hire
18
Advertised here today

What grade the government hires at

Every General Schedule hire into series 0525 over the last twelve months, by grade. The most common entry point is GS-5.

GS-4 42 16.9%
GS-6 61 24.6%
GS-7 30 12.1%
GS-8 6 2.4%
GS-9 1 0.4%

248 General Schedule hires. Hires under other pay plans (wage grade, senior executive, and the excepted schedules) are not shown here.

Where it is hiring

Top agencies
Department of Defense210
Department of Veterans Affairs24
Department of Homeland Security8
Department of the Army5
Department of the Air Force4
Department of Justice2
Presidio Trust2
Top states
Missouri5
Georgia5
Virginia3
Washington, D.C.3
Arizona2
California2
Ohio2
Oregon2

Hire counts by employing agency and duty state, trailing twelve months. OPM suppressed the duty location on 87% of hires in this series — small offices where a state would identify the individual — so the state table ranks the disclosed remainder, not all 255 hires.

Related occupations

Other series in the Accounting and Budget group (0500), by federal hires over the same twelve months.